Sweden & Denmark to strengthen cross-border police cooperation
During their meeting in Stockholm, Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and her Swedish counterpart Stefan Lofven agreed to strengthen cross-border police cooperation.
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Police continue to hunt the traffickers responsible for the 39 people who died tragically whilst being smuggled into the UK – What is the real lesson?
As a response to the migrant camps in Calais, the UK government spent considerable amounts of money on improving security at the Channel ports, with investment in things like specialist fencing, sniffer dogs as well as technology, such as human presence detection systems (sometimes known as heart-beat detectors). #trafficking #bordersecurity
Read moreNew EU-funded training modules for Libyan Coastguard and Navy ended in Italy and Croatia
In the wider framework of training carried out by SOPHIA operation, at the end of September more courses have been completed, both in Italian and Croatian facilities. #bordersecurity #martimesecurity #coastguard
Read moreFive arrested after migrants found in cattle truck
Five men have been arrested as part of a National Crime Agency investigation into a crime group suspected of hiding migrants in a cattle truck in a bid to smuggle them into the UK.
Read moreMaritime Events Escalate for USBP, AMO & Partners
Working with Department of Homeland Security (DHS) partners, San Diego Sector Border Patrol and Air and Marine Operations agents arrested 30 people during three maritime smuggling events within a 24 hour period this week. #bordersecurity #bsr #wbsc
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First Human Trafficking Case Law Database Launched in Senegal
The online system will collect data on trafficking survivors – such as the country or region of origin, age, gender – the types of abuse they faced, and other data including methods of referral procedure before courts and traffickers’ profiles. #humantrafficking #migration
Read moreFive detained in Perth foreign worker exploitation operation
Australian Border Force (ABF) officers have detained three Chinese and two Malaysian nationals in the southern Perth suburb of Piara Waters as part of an ongoing national operation targeting unscrupulous labour hire intermediaries and foreign worker exploitation.
Read moreITTF stops brazen attempt to import more than 1 million cigarettes
The Australian Government’s Illicit Tobacco Taskforce (ITTF), led by the Australian Border Force (ABF) has detected more than one million cigarettes in an air cargo shipment from Korea declared as ‘mini massagers’. #bordersecurity #smuggling
Read moreAeroVironment Receives $5.25 Million Puma 3 AE Contract for U.S. Border Patrol
AeroVironment, a global leader in unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), received a $5,254,912 firm fixed-price contract award for Puma™ 3 AE systems and support equipment on August 8, 2019 for the U.S. Border Patrol, part of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). Delivery is anticipated by January 2020.
#bordersecurity #bordertech #bsr
Human Smuggling Network Busted
Human Smuggling Network Busted: EUROPOL supports action days in Croatia, Slovenia and Bosnia Hertgovina #bordersecurity #humantrafficking #bsr
Read moreUkraine customs reveal over 2 tonnes of smuggled food on border with Poland
Ukrainian customs officers have revealed more than two tonnes of smuggled foodstuffs in a regular bus at the Shehyni-Medyka checkpoint in Ukraine’s Lviv region on the border with Poland.
Read moreCCTVs and fencing should be installed along Malay-Thai border
The authorities should consider building fencing and install closed-circuit television (CCTV) along the Malaysian-Thailand border at Kelantan to discourage illegal cross-border activities. #bordersecurity #bsr #wbsc
Read moreDHS Partners with City of Houston and Others to Combat Human Trafficking
On Oct. 16, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced a partnership with Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner and Houston Airport System (HAS) Director Mario Diaz, forging an outreach campaign to combat human trafficking through Blue Lightning Initiative (BLI) program. #humantrafficking #bordersecurity #bordersecurityreport #worldbordersec
Read moreDHS Senior Official Participates in Second United States-Greece Strategic Dialogue
had Wolf, the Senior Official Preforming the Duties of the Under Secretary of Strategy, Policy, and Plans (SOPDUS), participated in the second United States-Greece Strategic Dialogue in Athens, Greece on October 7, 2019.
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OSCE PA report on border security and information sharing seeks to enhance counter-terrorism co-operation
A new report issued by the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Ad Hoc Committee on Countering Terrorism (CCT) provides a comprehensive look at the state of implementation of a key UN Security Council Resolution on addressing the threat posed by foreign terrorist fighters returning or relocating from conflict zones. #bordersecurity #counterterrorism
Read moreCBP Field Operations Seizes $1.8 Million in Methamphetamine
U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations (OFO) at the Pharr International Bridge cargo facility discovered $1,800,000 worth of methamphetamine in a commercial truck arriving from Mexico. #bordersecurity
Read moreDirector of Border Police warns that they are unable to solve the Problem of Migrants
Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Border Police Director Zoran Galic warned that members of this police agency would not be able to solve the problem of migrants at the border without the support of institutions of BiH.
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Border Security Force Seeks Modern Anti-Drone System
The Indian Border Security Force (BSF) has sought a modern “anti-drone system” that could detect and destroy a lone or swarm of suspicious aerial platforms in the operations area, in the wake of recent spurt of UAVs being spotted across the India-Pakistan international border. #bordertech #bordersecurity #wbsc #bsr
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